Pack the Mall and Story Time

Wowzers - our morning yesterday (Saturday) was busy - but fun! We got the boys up early and headed down to Decatur. They were a little blurry eyed when we got in the car, but got excited to have their Apple Jacks - in a cup! We told them it was like we lived on the Axiom (from WALL-E).

Our first stop was the mall. We took part in the DMH "Pack the Mall" walk to support the Heart and Lung Center. The boys in their choo-choo wagon were a big hit with the walkers. Grandma Carol and Aunt Barb walked with us and the boys did really well. They liked looking in all the store windows (most of the stores weren't open yet).

They especially liked playing at the play area. There were not a lot of kids there and a lot of area to run around. It was a pretty nice setup with seats all around the edge for parents to sit on (or kids to run along) and only one entrance. Logan made a break for it a couple of times, but was quickly thwarted in his escape attempts! They loved going down the slides - head first of course. Nick would always go down feet first, but Logan and Alex were always head first on their tummys! They loved all the tunnels too.

Our next stop was Target for story time. In celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday, they were having a party of sorts. The local TV news anchor was there reading books to the kids. They also had treat bags and cookies for everyone. Again, the boys did great. Nick and Alex especially liked the cookies and proceeded to get icing all over their faces. Logan found a new favorite toy (for a while) in the pencil that came in the gift bag. But of course the best part was Uncle Brandon in the big Dr. Seuss hat!!! Oh yeah, and Alex won a free book from the raffle they had (although Nick has been more attached to the book than Alex).

The boys sat and ate their snacks while the gal read the book. Right after we got there, the local TV camera man came to the store to get some footage of the event. Brandon said the boys even ended up on the news that night!

The boys did great all morning and were wiped when we headed back to Grandma's house for lunch. That didn't last long though as they had another burst of energy before naps finally came. I thought this was a good picture of Alex and Grandma playing "get you" with Grandpa...

And Nick coloring with Brandon...

It was fun to be out and about and having so much fun. I was very ready for a nap though once the boys were down for theirs...